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seven tail," as is done by the Malays, they say " Seven body oxen." 

 The possessive pz'onouns follow the words with which they agree, as 

 they do in good Malay. 



Lensrgong Dialect. 



.. Chib deteh... 



.. Chib denah 



.. Chib dayeh 



.. Jek katuiig 



.. Geh nihiik ... 



English, Malay. 



To go up country... Pergi iihi ... 



Come here... ... Mari sini ... 



To go down stream Pergi hilir . . . 



Don't be frightened Jangan takut 



To fell trees ... Tebong kayu 



Give (me) water ... Kasi ayer ... 



Give (me) food (i.e. Kasi makan 

 rice) 



Heavy rain ... Hujan lebat 



Many fish ... ... Ikan banyak 



Ogong 



Og nasi ingae 



Ml chekel ... 

 Lebeh kak ... 



Ijok Dialect. 

 Chug nilling 

 Pe badih ... 

 Chug nutok 

 Yinket intugii 

 Tebong n'huk 

 Ag betayu 

 Ag yeh chi 



Hujan lebet 

 Ikan baloh 



(I) don't want to go Ta m a h u pergi Injek kachib kenail Yeh hendak miichub 



fishing panching kenigbi 



Don't be angry ... Jangan marah ... Jek kachik ... Yin-kat gahat 



This fish is nice ... Ikan ini sedap ... Kak noh selel^?^ ... Ikan n'sedep 

 (I) am frightened (Sahya") takut hari- Intug«. kiimfin ... Intugn teiok, 

 of tigers mau (possibly tabu 



language) 

 Very beautiful ... Chantek sangat ... Bet lelo'ie ... ... Berut amed 



This ox is better Lembu ini 1 e b e h Lemii nah bet lelo'ie Behud lembu uteh 



than that baik deripada itu yeh antn ugh ugh 



Tm^o (head of) oxen Dua ekor lembu ... Ni kenSk mir lemu Biehkeboh lembu 



(lit,two tail oxen) ("mor" means ("keboh" means 

 body) body) 



Lem ii ahudw leloie Lembu m i n c h a h 

 iimed 



ban- 



(That) ox is very fat Lembu (itu) 



yak gemok 



About, approxi - Kira kira ... 



mately 

 About, more or less Kurang lebeh 



(About a dollar) (kurang lebeh sa' 

 ringgit) 



Bichiikub 



Essen menains 



Yeh machaychaw 



Kiiflt baloh 



I hit his head 



Sahya pukul kepala Ikn. t e b a w kuie Yeh chong kuie tekti 



He hit my foot ... Dia pukul k a k i Anen tebaw jnkn (A phrase was given, 

 sahya 



NAMES OF A FEW 



Tapioca ... . Ubi kayu ... 



Yam (an aroid) ... Keladi 



Keledek Keledek 



(A tuber of a con- 

 volvulus. Convol- 

 vulus batatas (?) 



The Rambutan fruit Buah rambntan ... Boh tangoie ... Boh tangoie 



{Nephelium lap- 

 paeum) 



The Durian fruit ... Buah dnrian ... Boh penug... ... Boh penig 



